Chapter 8: Blizzard
Warning: Partial rip off of "The Clouds Burst" from J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Hobbit" (As well as the cartoon movie) approaching
Storm clouds completely filled the eternally noon sky over Saddle Plain. There was the sound of thunder, but it was hard to determine whether it came from the clouds, or the three armies that were approaching each other.
"Onward!" Princess Platinum shouted as she created a force-field around herself with her magic. She did not want to be called a coward, so she had chosen to lead the army up front. However, she made sure to create the strongest shield possible.
"One. . .two. . .three. . .GOOOOOOO!" Chancellor Puddinghead shouted, holding her megaphone in one hoof and an insanely huge butter knife in the other.
"To battle!" Commander Hurricane roared.
Immediately, all three armies charged. Drugged Earth Ponies, rage pumped Pegasi, and hypnotized Unicorns charged towards each other. They were closing the gap rapidly. Commander Hurricane had a sword in his teeth, Princess Platinum was charging up a magical blast, and Chancellor Puddinghead's butter knife was sharpened to a deadly degree. Only a few yards remained between them, but then. . .
FLASH!!!
The Elements of Harmony were upon them!
"What they hay? Who are these impostors!" Hurricane shouted, dropping her sword in shock.
Puddinghead just laughed, "Oh don't be silly! Those are just great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren!"
"I was never married!" Hurricane shouted.
Puddinghead rolled her eyes, "Well, yeah, we were all frozen, but I'm sure you found a couple of handsome stallions in your POW camps!"
Hurricane's face reddened with a combination of embarrassment and rage.
"And Platinum probably had a hundred guys in her Stallion Stable!"
Platinum's mouth hung open.
"And I. . .well. . .maybe I drank a little too much wine during those parties," Puddinghead said with a nervous chuckle as her face turned red as well.
"ENOUGH!" Platinum screamed, and she pointed at the six ponies between the three rulers, "I thought you were through!"
Twilight smirked and said, "Sorry, but you can't defeat the magic of friendship that easily!"
"That's right! You witches are through!" Applejack said.
"Taste the rainbow, meanie queenies!" Pinkie Pie cheered.
"Hey, I was gonna say 'taste the rainbow!'" Rainbow Dash said indignantly.
This argument was short lived, because the Elements of Harmony now began to hum to life, glowing with mystical power.
"Ahhhh! What's happening?" Puddinghead gasped.
"Oh no! They're doing it! They're going to kill us, and take Unicornia!" Platinum screeched.
"It's not Unicornia! It's Pegasopolis!" Hurricane shouted.
"No! It's Dirt Vile, I mean Earth, I mean, oh the hay with it, it's Dirt Vile you hear me? DIRT VILE!" Puddinghead screamed.
"Earth Ponies are numbskulls!"
"Pegasi are brutes!"
"Unicorns are snobs!"
As if the three had chanted a sacred spell, the three Wendigoes appeared in the sky in response to their cries. The icy spirits saw the Elements of Harmony beginning to activate, and roared with hatred. Then, all three of them sent blast of icy magic, which crashed right on target on the Mane Six.
Twilight slowly opened her eyes as the icy mist settled. Her heart became as cold as her hooves. Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie were all frozen solid with horrified facial expressions. As for herself, Fluttershy, and Applejack, ice was slowly creeping up their legs.
Platinum smirked, "Yes, now, accept your fate."
Puddinghead jumped up and down ecstatically, "Freeze them! Freeze them! Freeze 'em good, hahahahahahaha!"
Hurricane scowled, a demented look in her eye as she shouted darkly, "Freeze in the darkness of Tartarus! Die! Die!"
The three remaining heroes looked at each other with sorrow.
"I'm so sorry," Twilight whispered, hanging her head in shame.
All was lost....
"Elements of Harmony, why do you loose hope?"
Everypony gasped as a huge flash of light accompanied the voice. As the light faded three figures appeared in the sky, all dressed in royal ropes and crowns. Three figures they all knew very well.
"No way. . ." Twilight gasped, her eyes wide with awe.
Private Pansy, now Princess Pansy, descended in front of Commander Hurricane.
"You are so heartlessly, pointlessly, cruel!" she said, "Putting our nation in constant warfare! But no more! When you die, peace shall live!"
Clover the Clever, now Princess Clover, descended in front Platinum.
"All you do is order those lower than you around. You live and luxury, while you say 'let them eat cake!'. You're a tyrant! A selfish tyrant!" Clover said, "When you die, liberty shall live!"
Smart Cookie, now Princess Cookie, landed in front Puddinghead. Wasting no time, Cookie smacked her hard across the face.
"You are insane! More insane than your kooky Communism! No invention, no competition, no new things! Just laziness! Your subjects are all low, while you get to take whatever you want from the 'one community'! Hammer and sickle my flank!" she spat, "When you die, freedom and individuality shall live!"
As the three evil ruler stood in open mouthed shock, the three Princesses stepped toward their corresponding unfrozen Element Bearers.
The three spoke as one, "Now, it is time for hatred, division, bigotry, and racism to die; so that love, harmony, and friendship may live! You know what you must do!
The three ponies nodded, and bowed their head. Every single memory of their many friendships was replayed within their minds. Twilight's horn burst with magic as the heart-shaped Fire of Friendship appeared above them.
"Delicious. . ." Princess Clover whispered as she and her two companions became balls of light, which shot off into the sky.
In the presence of the Fires of Friendship, the ice encasing Dash, Rarity, and Pinkie shattered. All six Elements of Harmony flashed as the Rainbow of Light was fired, going right through the Fires of Friendship and splitting into three smaller rainbows. The multicolored lazers zoomed right through the three Wendigoes. With whines of pain and agony, the three spirits were shattered into to dust and scattered by the four winds to farthest reaches of the universe.
The three rainbows shot back into the Fires of Friendship, turning the purple flames into multicolored rainbow flames. The Fires then exploded out, covering all of Equestria in it's warm benevolent embrace.
Many things happened at once.
The armies were all freed of their brainwashing.
The ice surrounding Celestia, Mayor Mare, the Mayor of Cloudsdale, and the Wonderbolts was shattered.
The ice around Luna's tower vanished. The Princess of the Night shivered a bit, and pulled her blanket snugly over her body, snuggling down into the warm mattress.
The chains that bound Pavise and Spitfire in the dungeon vanished, and the door opened.
The magical diamond back in Canterlot was smashed to dust.
The Horn of Warriors hanging on Hurricanes belt was burned to ashes.
Platinum's shield shattered.
And lastly, the stormy slow clouds in the sky disappeared.
The three evil rulers just stood there in disbelief as the Mane Six slowly levitated to the ground.
"Weeeellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, I give up!" Puddinghead shouted, and she threw herself on the ground and put her front hooves on top of her head.
"You'll never take me alive!" Commander Hurricane shouted, and she took off into the air, only to see the Wonderbolts flying towards her. She gasped and turned to fly in another direction, only to see Spitfire and Pavise approaching fast. She turned around let again, only to find herself face to face with Buckler.
"Did you honestly think I'd let a mule like you could force me to kill my own brother!" Buckler shouted. Buckler then drove his hoof as hard as he could into the side of Hurricane's cheek.
The once proud commander of the Pegasi went down hard, only to be pinned down by Spitfire.
"This is for what you did to Soarin!" Spitfire said, and she knocked off Hurricane's helmet, jumped over his laid out body, and bucked him in the head, sending him sprawling, unconscious and with a lump already forming.
"Brother!" Buckler shouted, and flew towards Pavise. Both Royal Guards embraced each other fondly as Spitfire flew up to join the other Wonderbolts. The firey orange pegasi was clearly not ashamed to passionately kiss Soarin in front of three armies of ponies, but then again, the armies were too confused and disoriented to understand what was going on anyway.
"This couldn't get any worse," Platinum whispered as the Mane Six approached her.
She was wrong.
"Platinum!"
Platinum looked up in horror as a familiar face descended, landing with a thump in front of her.
Princess Celestia gazed at the unicorn with a hard, pissed off facial expression.
"Now tell me. . ." Celestia in a cold and distant tone, "Am I still the most abominable thing?"
Platinum fainted.
Now smiling, Celestia turned to the Mane Six. "Once again, all of Equestria is in your debt!"
Twilight smiled, and then looked up into the clear, January sky. "Yeah, but this time, we had help. . ."
The three Princesses stood on a cliff overlooking Saddle Plain.
"Perfect," Princess Clover said, "Our kind shall not starve."
There was ominous flash of green light, and there stood two Changeling, and their almighty Queen Chrysalis.
"We had to go through that terrible time of extended hibernation the last time the Wendigoes took power," Chrysalis said, "Another time like that, after we had suffered such heavy loses during the Wedding fiasco, could have led to our extinction." The Changeling Queen smiled, "But I am way too smart to let that happen. So, live, be happy, and spread your love, my little ponies. Our kind has got to eat."